English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Words written on a tombstone in the memory of the person who has died
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605a94a1c5c99d2cb7f25fa6Words written on a tombstone in the memory of the person who has died
- 1stelafalse
- 2prologuefalse
- 3epiloguefalse
- 4epitaphtrue
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Answer : 4. "epitaph"
Q:Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) Colony losses last year weren’t as dramatic as the declines associated with Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which was first identified in October 2006.
(B) Beekeepers tapped for the survey manage a total of 400,000 colonies, representing about 14.5 percent of the United States' honeybee colonies.
(C) Overall, colony losses during the 12-month period that ended in April reached 42.1 percent – the second-highest annual loss to date.
(D) Summer colony losses reached 27.4 percent, exceeding winter losses that came in at 23.7 percent.
(E) For the first time, beekeepers watched more of their colonies disappear during the summer than in winter
(F) A new survey outlining honeybee colony losses in the U.S. has scientists scratching their heads.
(A) Not only the wonders of oil as might be expected, but also free-market capitalism (B)/ And made at the behest of the American Petroleum Institute, (C)/ Produced at the height of the Cold War, (D)/ lands in the United States and soon discovers the many and myriad delights of petroleum (E)/ This great little promotional film from John Sutherland Studios champions
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5e73825ec8bf4623349e0770(A) Colony losses last year weren’t as dramatic as the declines associated with Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which was first identified in October 2006.
(B) Beekeepers tapped for the survey manage a total of 400,000 colonies, representing about 14.5 percent of the United States' honeybee colonies.
(C) Overall, colony losses during the 12-month period that ended in April reached 42.1 percent – the second-highest annual loss to date.
(D) Summer colony losses reached 27.4 percent, exceeding winter losses that came in at 23.7 percent.
(E) For the first time, beekeepers watched more of their colonies disappear during the summer than in winter
(F) A new survey outlining honeybee colony losses in the U.S. has scientists scratching their heads.
- 1CDBEfalse
- 2BCAEfalse
- 3CBEAtrue
- 4None of thesefalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "CBEA "
Q:Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in capital letters:
OVERSTRUNG
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5d70cab39004b376a58bee9f- 1Activefalse
- 2Nervoustrue
- 3Energeticfalse
- 4Concernedfalse
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Answer : 2. "Nervous"
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
Gaff
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5f0d3c639b26c36beb2fa149- 1Complainfalse
- 2Tricktrue
- 3Gesturefalse
- 4Laughfalse
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Answer : 2. "Trick "
Q:Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-
He meditates upon revenge.
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5f3631eca27d450be2f37d74- 1Meditatestrue
- 2Meditates forfalse
- 3Meditates onfalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 1. "Meditates"
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
Flout
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5f4772ac036b8a325d165ff6- 1Defytrue
- 2Ignorefalse
- 3Condemnfalse
- 4Neglectfalse
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Answer : 1. "Defy"
Q:Read the passage carefully and chose the correct answer to each blank out of the four alternatives.
The ___(a)___ age is the age of machines. From the ___(b)___ the Industrial Revolution began in Europe.
Man’s life has been changing___ (c)___ many ways. At first the change was ___(d)___. Now machines have become ____(e)___ of our daily lives.
Choose the correct answer for option (d).
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5fbde1a91364c14cafa9ae4e- 1slowtrue
- 2steadyfalse
- 3fastfalse
- 4stagnantfalse
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Answer : 1. "slow"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Rashmi and me are/ planning to go on / a road trip to Manali/ next summer.
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5f60585c2eed863f3a808af4- 1Rashmi and me aretrue
- 2planning to go onfalse
- 3a road trip to Manalifalse
- 4next summerfalse
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